Heel for boots and shoes



Marh 30,1926. 4 1,579,088.

- W CRICK HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES Filed May l0l 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet lW. CRICK HEEL FOR BOOTS AND SHOES March 30 1926.

Filed May 10, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet .Patented Mar. 1,926. i i if i i i ii' loi companyingdrztwng.

` Wenrnncmcx, or HAZEIWOQDQ'EGLANDB f Application mea Mffay 10,1924.seriairoffzreeee. `3

T ,alllfwhomfz't mdg/ concern: lo the structure sliotwnin Figure 5 tocoin- 'Beit known that I, WALTER CHICK, a plete theheel.;y n, subjectlof vthe King of Great Britain, resid- F- gurefVVF :(1 is e perspecti-veView, and ing at ,Hezelwood,. l\lorthainpton,'V in they y F lg'ure 18ers:a section-showing :a resilient' 'I 'E countyr'of Northampton, England,have iu'- leyerand e leather 'lift securedftogether 5;

Ventedfoertain new'nnd `useful Improve` rnailsf-insted 'of stitches.y yy ments vinorRelatingfto Heels for Boots vand Figure .9 :is eperspective'uiew.,nndj 'Shoes, of which the ollowing'is a specilicu-lFigure `if() is :L section-showing. the-seme tion, reference being had,therein .to the ne' pm'ts lievnzg; e' topA piece nailed; lto; .the v, cleather lift. l' 4Thisintentionrelates tofiheels for boots 'Figure ll'lis Aaside View, illustrating a andushoes und conc-ernsthose of .thehindinodilied inethod wherein. theresilientslayer lharing' af rubber `orlike resilient insertion is lattecheddirect to. the heel seat without enbetween thetreedsurl'ece and the seat. intermediate' .leather lift. I 'Ay 16' VThe inventio'nfzcomprises an improvement vFigure 12 shows. the:heel structure of ,65 therein,the niein feature being that the reFigures :9 and 1'() secured to the structure ,silient YinsertionVcomprises two parts, forex- 'ot' Figure 11 by solutioning together theVtwo ample, vlayesxor 'sections oneY of which is resilient .ley/ers.- Isecuredftotheboot or shoes and-the other In inakingnndattaching@heeleccoroling to the heel 'the yhitter bcingattached to theto the .method shown in Figures l to16 ofthe "To boot or-shoe. byfastening the'tw-o resilient drawings, 'e rubber or likelayer ayissecu-red pertsitogether'by solution so 'that' tlieyconito :t leatherlift b by ineans'of solution and bine to forni a resilient cushionlocated-lie-l bystitches c which letter pass through the tweenthetrea'dland the heel seet. f ,Y layers. f v IIt is en important:feature of theinvention [-1 .further rubberleyerd .isfs'imilerly se. 75

that one at least ofthefzparts of Vthe resilient cured solutionandstitchesm (Figure insertion is secured 'to :theadjacent non-reto.efleather :lift e to' which ier-:fastened vby silient part or parts bynon-metallic means nails f vla, leather' top-.piece -gii orexainple,solution land stitches.

Y L 'To enablefthe invention to be readily .unto forni :e he'el,ltheleather liit-bjwith the so.

derstood reference will'be made to the imk attached rubber a is.attached either ihy companyin'g drawings wherein `some prac'- stitches7L or byjv .nails for: other suitzible tical 'forms of the yinventionare illustrated means to :the heel seat e' as shown :iin-Figure by wayof example. 53nd then' to complete'theheelthe rubber '35 Inxthedrewingsr--- layer d .rsseoured "by solutionto-the rubber e5' Figure lshown lin-perspective, a `rubber layer e y:is'shownin Figure'i lyersecured to `leather litt ready for a't- Instead of attaching therubbern-layera tachmnf, tothe boef. '0r Shoe; Y Y to a leather lift itmay be secured direct to FigureQ is a section of saine showing thetheheel .sciiti by `soiu'tion :and 'stitchesk es l shownfin- Figure lliorit. may ,be fastened 90x Figure 3 is al perspective View showing thethereonfby nails. The heel may then belcom-v top piece, leather' rliftand :rubber layer .sepleted by application fof th-e structureshown curedtogether'.l in Figures 3 endf'if in theunanner already Figureftisasection of the parts Vshown in described; y g y i c .Y v v '7 Figure 3;l l 'Inste'a'dfof secur'ng "the rubber ylayer 63,95 I

Figure is .fr sidel View showing the parts and leather lift e togetherby solutionv and shown in Figures 1 and .2 attached to a stitches theseparts may befestened together Y boot. by stitches alone, i. 've. withoutsolution, or ^Figure f6 is .a siinilargview showing the by nailsasindicated in FiguresSfand l0 parts illustrated in F igures` and 4secured in which case' the .points of'thenails lare 100` lInapply/ingthe parts vSto azboot' "i l In'inost` cases it is preferablev to secureboth the rubber layer-'sto .their respective parts by solution andstitches thus forminga1 double' non-metallic connection, but when thetwo part resilient cushion is .to .be used with a Wooden heelor a heelof similar material which does not admit of stitching, the

one rubber layer may be fastened by nails and the other stitched. If on'the other hand one. rubber layer is fastened to the heelseatorequivalent part by nails, as it may be, then the other-rubber layerwould be secured to its lift by non-metallic means. Ihus'one at leastoffthe rubber layers is secured by non-metallic means. v .Y

The lifts herein referred to and. also `the top piece may be made'of'material other than leather if desired. Instead of using single lifts ast and e, a number may be used in which case they would be lfastenedtogether by solution and stitches or by the nails which would bind thewhole together. In'the construction herein described the top-piece g maybe easily removed from the lift e and .be replaced to repair the heelwithout interfering r with the resilient insertion a, d. The nails fwhich secure the top-piece are insertedo'utside vthe stitches or nailswhich securethe layer Z and lift e together. v The resilient layers aand CZ are preferably made of crpe rubber. Instead of using singlelayers as shown, two or more may be employed, these being solutionedandbound together bythe stitches orv nailswhich secure them to theadjacent parts.

It has long been recognized that leather l and rubbeiyand particularlycrpe rubber,

cannot be effectively stucktogether, that is y to say, the union ofthese two materials when achieved by cement, solution or like adhesivemeans is not as a rule strong enough to enable these materials to beusedin connection with boot and shoe heels without the aid of someadditional connecting means.

IIhe shocks and kstrains to which heels arev liable in wear Vtend sooneror laterto tear by cement or solution alone, rubber and lrubbei' can bestuck together so strono'l as to be practically inseparable, `and thepresent invention takes Vadvantage of this fact to produce the improvedheel-'wliichhas the characteristic feature that while the resilientinsertion is effectively attached to Vthe nonresilient layers, such forexample as' by cement `augmented .by stitches, theA auxiliary means do"not extend right through (the resil ient insertion, thereby leaving theresiliencyof thelatter unimpaired. Illiere, as in former proposedconstructions, a resilient Ainsertion has been interposedbetweenrnonresilient layers, the insertion has been made in one piece.and eitherceinent or solution alone has Vbeen relied upon to .effect theunion of the parts, which, for' the reasons l hereiny stated, isunsatisfactory 'inv connection with boot and shoeheels, or for thepurpose of additional security, auxiliary means suoli as nails, rivetsor stitches have 'been employed, such means passing from Yone`nonresilient layer to another through` the resil- Y ient insertion.()bviously,'when such means, which are of' non-.elastic or ineXtensiblecharacter, pass'right through the resilient insertion in such a .manneras to bind it between the opposing non-resilientlayers, the free-V domand resiliency vof the insertion iis re. stricted and its generaleffectiveness as a cushion and shock absorber isconsiderably impaired. YY

In the present improved heel the'resilient insertion althoughconstituting, when its two parts are stuck together, a solid member, isnot bound between the opposing non- 100 resilient layers, since it hasno auxiliary attaching. meanspassing right through it. Thus theinsertion is able to fulfill its in-` tended purpose in an efficientmanner while at the same time its connection with-'the 105 opposinglayers of non-,resilient material isA strong enough to prevent itsseparation therefrom.

What Iclaim then 'isr- ,Y

. l. A boot or shoe heel comprising a resili- 110 ent insertionconsisting ofjtworesilient layers cemented togethery and enclosedbetween non-resilient layers vto which said resilient layers areattached. p

2. A boot or shoe heel comprising a resilient insertion consisting oftwo resilient layers each separately secured toa non-resilientv layer,the two resilient layers Vbeing cemented together. l l f 3. A boot orshoe heel comprising a resili- 120 ent insertion consisting of tworubber layers cemented together and each secured to van adjacent leatherlayer. 1 t. A boot or shoe heel comprising a resilient insertionconsisting of two rubber layers stuck together and each secured bycement .and stitches to an adjacent leather layer.

5. A boot or shoe heel comprising a resilient insertion consisting oftwo.rubberlay- H ers cemented together, eaoh secured to an yseat of theboot or Shoe,k and a second resili; adjacentv leather layeig'and a toppiece atent layer and nonresilient layer secured to! cached to one ofsaid 'leather layers. gether by cement'and Stitches, said second 10` 6.A boot or shoe heel comprising@ resilresilient layer beinglstuek to thefirst resili- -5 ent layer and a no-n-resilientlayer secured, entlayer.i

together by Cement and stitches, said non. In testimony whereof I aHiXmy signature. resilient layer be'ngattuched to the heel WALTER-CRICK.

